English Typical Proverbs(英語の代表的なことわざ)

A friend in need is a friend indeed.(まさかの時の友こそ真の友)

A drowning man will catch at a straw.(溺れる者は藁をもつかむ)

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.(明日の百より今日の五十)

A piece of cake.(朝飯前)

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.(1日1個のリンゴで医者いらず)

A man is known by the company.(人は仲間を見ればわかる)

A rolling stone gathers no moss.(転がる石は苔生えぬ)

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.(生兵法は怪我のもと)

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.(よく遊び、よく学べ)

All roads lead to Rome.(全ての道はローマに通ず)

All is not gold that glitters.(輝くもの必ずしも金にあらず)

A sound mind in a sound body.(健全は体に健全な心)

Art is long, life is short.(芸術は長し、人生は短し)

A stitch in time saves nine.(時を得た一針は九針を省く)

B

Birds of a feather flock together.(類は友を呼ぶ)

Bad news travels fast.(悪事、千里を走る)

C

D

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.(捕らぬ狸の皮算用)

Don't put off what you can do today until tomorrow.(今日できることを明日に延ばすな)

E

Even Homer sometimes nods.(弘法も筆の誤り)

Easy come, easy go.(悪銭身に付かず)

Every dog has his day.(誰でも全盛期はある)

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.(早起きは三文の得)

F

Fine feathers make fine birds.(馬子にも衣装)

Fast come, first served.(早い者勝ち)

G

Good medicine tastes bitter.(良薬口に苦し)

H

Hunger is the best sauce.(空腹にまずいものなし)

Haste makes waste.(急がば回れ)

Heath is better than wealth.(健康は富に勝る)

Honesty is the best policy.(正直は最良の策)

Heaven helps those who help themselves.(天は自ら助く者を助く)

I

It is no use crying over spilt milk.(覆水盆に返らず)

It never rains but pours.(降れば土砂降り)

J

K

Knowledge is power.(知識は力なり)

Kill two birds with a stone.(一石二鳥)

L

Look before you leap.(転ばぬ先の杖)

Like father, like son.(蛙の子は蛙)

Let sleeping dogs lie.(触らぬ神に祟りなし)

M

Make hay while the sun shines.(好機を逃すな)

N

Necessity is the mother of invention.(必要は発明の母)

No pains, no gains.(楽あれば苦あり)

No news is good news.(便りのないのはよい知らせ)

O

Out of sight, out of mind.(去る者日々疎し)

P

Pearls before swine.(猫に小判)

Practice makes perfect.(習うより慣れろ)

Q

R

Rome was not built in a day.(ローマは1日にしてならず)

S

Silence is gold.(沈黙は金)

Spend the rod and spoil the child.(かわいい子には旅をさせろ)

Seeing is believing.(百聞は一見に如かず)

Strike the iron while it is hot.(鉄は熱いうちに打て)

T

There is no royal road to learning.(学問に王道なし)

Talk of the devil and he’ll appear.(噂をすれば影)

There is a will, there is a way.(精神一到何事かならざらん)

Tomorrow is another day.(明日は明日の風が吹く)

The pen is mightier than the sword.(ペンは剣より強し)

There is no smoke without fire.(火のない所に煙は立たず)

The early bird catches the worm.(早起きは三文の得)

There is no rule but has exceptions.(例外のない規則はない)

The walls have ears.(壁に耳あり、障子に目あり)

Time is money.(時は金なり)

The sooner, the better.(早い者勝ち)

Time flies like an arrow.(光陰矢のごとし)

There is no accounting for tastes.(蓼食う虫も好き好き)

Too many cooks spoil the broth.(船頭多くして船山登る)

Two heads are better than one.(三人寄れば文殊の知恵)

Time and tide wait for no man.(歳月人を待たず)

U

V

W

What is done can't be done.(済んでしまったことは仕方ない)

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.(郷に入りては、郷に従え)

When the cat's away, the mice will play.(鬼の居ぬ間に洗濯)

X

Y

You are never too old to learn.(60の手習い)

Z

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